Course Overview

Enhance your professional capabilities with this comprehensive training programme designed to strengthen essential skills in project management, facility management, and maintenance reliability.

Project Management Fundamentals

Develop practical project management skills required to meet deadlines, control costs, and deliver successful outcomes. The course covers the full project life cycle, including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and implementation.

Facility Management Professional (FMP)

Gain advanced knowledge in facility management and develop the competencies needed to manage facilities strategically and efficiently. This programme introduces key facility management concepts and supports professional growth within the FM industry.

Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices

Explore practical tools, techniques, and best practices for maintenance planning, reliability improvement, and cost management. Through case studies, discussions, and practical exercises, participants will learn how to improve maintenance performance and operational efficiency.

This programme is ideal for professionals seeking to strengthen their project management, facility management, and maintenance expertise while advancing their careers in today’s competitive business environment.

Agenda

Day — 1 Understanding the Fundamentals of Project Management

Introduction to Project Management

• Understanding the definition of a project and distinguishing what is and is not considered a project
• Exploring the relationship between projects, programmes, portfolios, and organisational strategy
• Understanding the importance of project management in achieving strategic business objectives

Project Management Basics

• Understanding project management principles and the project lifecycle
• Exploring different organisational structures, including:
  • Functional Structure
  • Projectised Structure
  • Weak Matrix Structure
  • Balanced Matrix Structure
  • Strong Matrix Structure
• Learning methods for identifying, analysing, and engaging project stakeholders

Day — 2 Planning and Executing Projects

Project Integration Management

• Understanding the purpose and contents of a project charter
• Developing an effective Project Management Plan
• Exploring project execution processes and implementation activities
• Understanding project monitoring and controlling processes
• Applying integrated change control processes within projects
• Managing change requests and corrective/preventive actions effectively

Planning the Project and Budgeting

• Collecting and analysing project requirements
• Planning and defining the overall project scope
• Developing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and WBS Dictionary
• Identifying project activities and task dependencies
• Estimating activity durations and resource requirements using different estimation methods
• Developing project schedules using Network Diagrams and dependency analysis
• Understanding project cost estimation, budgeting, and cash flow analysis

Day — 3 Project Control and Strategic Project Management

Monitoring and Controlling the Project

• Understanding scope creep and gold plating in project management
• Exploring schedule control techniques such as crashing and fast tracking
• Controlling project costs using Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
• Learning effective methods for communicating project performance and progress

Project Strategy

• Differentiating between strategic and operational project management
• Identifying projects aligned with organisational strategy using SWOT analysis
• Understanding strategic project management and project selection financial models, including:
  • Net Present Value (NPV)
  • Decision Tree Analysis

Day — 4 Project Risk Management, Risk, and Closure

Project Risk Management

• Identifying and assessing project risks throughout the project lifecycle
• Understanding qualitative and quantitative risk analysis techniques
• Developing project risk response plans to mitigate threats and exploit opportunities

Closing Out the Project

• Understanding administrative project closure procedures
• Updating organisational process assets and project documentation
• Documenting lessons learned to support continuous improvement and future project success

Day — 5 Facility Management Professional (FMP) – Finance and Business

• Understanding essential finance and business practices in facility management
• Exploring effective collaboration and engagement with finance departments
• Understanding legal aspects and compliance requirements within facility management
• Learning procurement strategies and best practices for FM operations
• Exploring risk management principles in facility management environments
• Developing effective decision-making approaches to support organisational objectives

Day — 6 Operations and Maintenance

• Understanding methods for assessing and inspecting facility needs
• Exploring strategies for managing, overseeing, and monitoring building operations and maintenance (O&M)
• Understanding operations and maintenance practices for systems and equipment
• Learning how to develop occupant service specifications to improve service quality and user satisfaction
• Reviewing case studies related to common operations and maintenance challenges in facilities management

Day — 7 Leadership and Strategy, Project Management, Strategic Planning & Management

• Exploring effective strategies for integrating people, place, and organisational processes
• Understanding methods for aligning facility portfolio functionality with organisational missions and objectives
• Learning project management principles and practices within facility management
• Exploring strategic planning and management techniques for achieving competitive advantage
• Understanding business continuity principles and strategies for long-term success in facility management

Day — 8 Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices – Asset Cost Management and Laying the Groundwork

• Introduction to asset cost management principles and practices
• Understanding the definitions and relationships between reliability, maintenance, and asset management
• Exploring the concept of Total Cost of Maintenance (TCM)
• Understanding best practice processes in reliability and maintenance management
• Exploring the key elements of asset management best practices
• Learning methods for auditing maintenance and asset management performance
• Overview of asset management concepts, including:
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
  • Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)
  • Business-Centred Maintenance (BCM)
  • Quality-Centred Maintenance (QCM)

Day — 9 Applying the Value-Based Process

• Understanding the importance of teamwork between maintenance, operations, and stores departments
• Exploring the significance of industry standards such as PAS 55 and JA1011 in asset management
• Understanding corporate expectations for effective asset management
• Exploring asset performance expectations and performance measurement principles
• Identifying different forms of asset failure and degradation
• Understanding the causes and nature of asset failure and degradation
• Analysing the effects, costs, and risks associated with asset degradation and equipment failure

Day — 10 Ensuring Continuity and Supporting Cost Reduction

• Understanding strategies for breaking the cycle of asset failure and degradation
• Learning how to select preventive maintenance (PM) tactics based on cost and risk analysis
• Understanding methods for determining appropriate PM intervals
• Exploring condition-based maintenance techniques and the PF-Curve concept
• Understanding the four key reliability functions in maintenance management
• Learning best practices for implementing effective maintenance programmes
• Exploring methods for optimising spare parts management to support maintenance operations
• Understanding maintenance programme justification using cost and risk-based approaches
• Applying the PLAN–DO–REVIEW continuous improvement cycle using FRACAS principles
• Understanding Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) requirements
• Learning data collection methods to support reliability analysis
• Reviewing reliability analysis case studies and practical applications
• Exploring software tools and templates used in maintenance and reliability management
• Understanding planning and scheduling best practices for maintenance operations
• Learning cost-effective manpower allocation and skills deployment strategies
• Exploring performance indicators for continuous improvement and maintenance performance measurement
• Reviewing key concepts and lessons learned throughout the programme

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:

Project Management Fundamentals

• Understand the core principles and importance of project management
• Identify critical activities required for project success
• Understand the complete project development and management process
• Recognise the importance of project stakeholders and their roles
• Develop comprehensive project plans and schedules
• Establish project timelines and deadlines effectively
• Apply project quality management principles
• Understand the different phases of the project management lifecycle
• Organise human resources for successful project execution
• Develop project charters and define project scope clearly
• Plan projects with fixed and flexible timelines
• Allocate resources and manage project costs effectively
• Use project management software for basic project management tasks

Facility Management Professional (FMP)

• Gain a strong understanding of core facility management concepts
• Improve confidence and effectiveness in facility management roles
• Stay updated with industry best practices and professional development
• Enhance professional credibility through FMP knowledge and certification preparation
• Increase career advancement and earning potential opportunities
• Build a foundation for higher professional accreditations in facility management

Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices

• Assess and justify maintenance programmes using cost-benefit analysis principles
• Apply life-cycle cost and risk planning for facility assets
• Analyse failure data to reduce repetitive equipment failures
• Identify root causes of unexpected maintenance and failure costs
• Improve maintainability and reliability in maintenance planning
• Apply the PLAN–DO–REVIEW cycle for continuous improvement
• Strengthen practical understanding through case studies and exercises
• Apply improvement techniques to enhance maintenance efficiency and reliability

Who Should Attend

This programme is ideal for professionals involved in project management, facility management, maintenance, and operational leadership, including:

• Project Managers
• Project Office Team Members
• Project Sponsors
• Functional and Senior Managers
• Professionals seeking to move into project management roles
• Individuals building careers in Facility Management
• Professionals interested in developing their facility management knowledge
• Planners and Supervisors
• Engineers and Reliability Engineers
• Maintenance Team Leaders and Managers
• Operations Team Leaders and Managers